mooing

Making bovine sounds

Mooing is the sound a cow makes—a long, low vocalization.

The word appears as both noun and verb: The mooing of cattle carried across the field, The cows were mooing at feeding time.

Figuratively, it can describe people making similar sounds or behaving in a herd-like manner.

sound

lowing

Cattle's mournful cry

cry · bovine · bleat · grunt · snort · bray · low · utterance · noise · rumble

farm

barn

Agricultural storage structure

  • pastureGrazing ground for livestock
  • dairyMilk-based foods collectively
  • cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially

herd · milking · haystack · silo · farmer · livestock · grazing · feedlot · corral · stable

communication

herd

Grazing animals together

beckon · announce · call · warning · distress · hunger · maternal · separation · greeting · recognition

pastoral

bucolic

Idyllically rural

agrarian · rural · meadow · pastoral · serene · tranquil · placid · picturesque · provincial · verdant

Categories
Opposites
animal vocalization type

mooingbleating

Crying like sheep

oinking · clucking · barking · meowing · neighing

sound vs. silence

mooingsilence

Total lack of sound

quiet · stillness · hush · muteness

Family

moon, moo, moos, mooed

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G